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Out the Window

A Matthew Scudder Story, Book 1

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Out the Window

By: Lawrence Block
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Matthew Scudder, a down-but-not-out-detective, is shocked by the apparent suicide of Paula, a waitress at Armstrong’s, one of Scudder’s hangouts. When Paula’s sister shows up and asks Matt to investigate what she believes to be a murder, Scudder agrees to take on the case. A number of clues don’t add up to suicide, and Scudder’s investigation leads him to the dark corners of Paula’s world.

©2011 Lawrence Block (P)2012 AudioGO
Crime Fiction Fiction Hard-Boiled Mystery
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An interesting short story.

This is an interesting short story in his typical style.

It’s worth a listen to while away an hour.

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Brevity doesn’t work!

Story was far too short to be developed properly. Just as it started to get interesting, it was over!

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Missing chapters

Missing the end of the story. Very frustrating. Also frustrating is the minimum word requirement

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Great little short story.

My first Lawrence Block in many years, and first ever audio book with him narrating. I started with a free “included” title because a reviewer of one of his complained about his voice - called it “whiny”. His voice is fine, far from whiny, a different/odd (smoker? Idk) but fine to listen to and I always love a self narrated book — you know you’re getting all the right emphases and pauses, etc. Anyway, intriguing, nice pace, a little snack.

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Good detective story.

It has been at least 30 years since I read a Lawrence Block novel. I read them on long international flights when traveling on business. What I liked about his novels is that they were interesting enough to entertain me wile awake but never interesting enough to keep me from going to sleep. That is a fine line that this author filled. This novella is the Lawrence Block that I remember.

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Suicide or Murder

This is one of those short, sweet stories that keeps your attention. A waitress that works at a bar Scudder frequents falls from her 17th floor apartment. Was it suicide or murder? Scudder doggedly searches for the answer.

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Could not finish

Mr Block should write but NOT NARRATE. His reading was so unbalanced; up and down sentence sounds. Ugh

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